شَمس المَعالي في سَماء تمدُّنِ

جاءَت بِبَدرٍ مِن مَكين أَمكَنِ

The sun of glory in the sky of civilization

Came with a full moon from a sure rising place

فَأَضاءَت الدُنيا بِطَلعته الَّتي

عَن وَصفِها قَد كَلَّ كُلُّ مُفنِّن

So it illuminated the world with its rising

That made every eloquent one unable to describe

وَبِشَهر عيد الفطر لاحَ وَإِنَّهُ

في يَوم مَولده ضِياءُ الأَعيُن

And with the month of Eid al-Fitr it appeared

On the day of its birth, the light of eyes

وَإِلى أَبيهِ بِمَصر سامي جدّه

أَومى برفعة منصبٍ وَتمكن

And to its father in Egypt, its magnificent grandfather

It gestured with a lofty position and stability

وَعلوّ مَنزلة تَحلَّى جيدُها

بِمَدائحٍ تُتلى بِكُل الأَلسُن

And an elevated status adorned its neck

With praises recited by all tongues

يا أَحمَد الخَير الَّذي بِذَكائه

نالَ المُنى في مَصر أَشرَفُ مَوطن

O Ahmed the good, who with his intelligence

Attained wishes in Egypt, the noblest abode

بُشراك بِالنجل الَّذي في وَجهِهِ

تَبدو لِناظره صَباحةُ مؤمن

Congratulations on the boy in whose face

Appears to the onlooker the radiance of a believer

فَهوَ الَّذي في مَهدِهِ سادَ المَلا

بِالخَلق وَالخُلُقِ الحَميد الأَحسَن

It is he who in his cradle ruled the summit

With good manners and excellent noble traits

لا زلت بالتَصديق مَعْهُ رافِلاً

في حالة العَلياء وَالعَيش الهَني

I still affirm with it overflowing

In a state of sublimity and pleasant living

ما قالَ في الميلاد مَجدي أَرخوا

لِمحمد أَنوار نَشأت محسن

What Majdi said about the birth, chronicle

For Muhammad, lights arose well-made